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5 Pounds God Osiris
| Issuer | Central Bank of Egypt |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Eagle of Saladin displayed with wings outstretched, rendered in the ancient Egyptian artistic style, flanked symmetrically by the dual-dated legends. The Arabic legend جمهورية مصر العربية (Arab Republic of Egypt) appears in two lines above the eagle in stylized script, surmounted by a lotus flower ornament at the top of the field. To the left of the eagle appear the denomination '5 LE' and the Gregorian year '1994', while to the right appear the Arabic-numeral denomination '٥ جـ' and the Hijri year '١٤١٥ / 1415'. The mint mark 'ECC' is inscribed in the lower exergue below the eagle. The entire design is framed by a decorative border of alternating rectangular segments. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Latin |
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Egypt's commemorative silver program of the early 1990s drew heavily on pharaonic iconography at a moment when the government was actively promoting cultural tourism following the damage done to the industry by the 1990–91 Gulf War. This Osiris issue is part of that deliberate campaign.
KM#800 was struck at limited mintage for collector export, not domestic circulation — Egyptian pounds of this weight and fineness never passed through local hands in any practical sense.